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ABC Lands Exclusive Interview With Jaycee Dugard

ABC News announced Wednesday that Diane Sawyer had landed an exclusive interview with Jaycee Lee Dugard, the California woman who was kidnapped at age 11 and held against her will for 18 years.

The specifics of when and on which programs the interview will appear have not been determined, but it will be broadcast sometime in July, ABC said. Ms. Dugard was being sought by multiple news organizations for the interview, which ABC was able to secure this week.

Last week, the couple who kidnapped Ms. Dugard in 1991 and held her captive for nearly two decades were sentenced to prison. Phillip Garrido, 60, received a term of 431 years in prison. His wife, Nancy, 55, was sentenced to 36 years to life.

In May, Ms. Dugard made a deal with Simon & Schuster to publish her account of the kidnapping and the subsequent years spent as a captive, a book that was written without the assistance of a ghostwriter, a spokeswoman for the publisher said. It will be released on July 12.